Absolutely horrific pop up for Valentine's Day! We drove 1.5 hours each way based on the many past…read moregreat experiences I've had at J Bell and Eats and Elixirs. The soup was fantastic, but the small salad and cold pasta, topped with a small salt block beef tenderloin was insulting. The staff could not tell a grapefruit from a mandarin based on the description of the bite size salad we were served. The wine pairings came out 15-20 mins before the dishes, so apparently we were supposed to stare at the wine and not drink it considering how cheap they were and did not offer refill pours. The staff was overly defensive and deflective when I brought things to their attention, including Shawn, the head chef How about you give me $240 a plate for Valentine's Day and let me serve you such mediocre dishes and let me see how you feel. I am not sure how quality was so lost over the years Never again....

After moving back to town in 2016, I heard about a local guy who was going to be competing on…read moreMaster Chef - That dude was Shawn Nile, AKA "The Fat Pastor". Fast forward a few years and this guy and his crew continue to bring it like it's no bodies business! A love of all thing culinary, crosses with a love of community and topped with the realization that the area was in dire need of a foodie revolution, Fat Pastor Production was born. In the time they've been doing their thing, they've started doing boss level catering for groups of 20 to several 100, created "Urban Kitchen" a non-profit that brings at risk youth into the kitchen to teach them business, cooking and life skills, and established BITE CLUB - an underground dining club. We've had the privilege of partaking in each one of these forums and none has ever left us wanting! The catering has brought a new level of culinary delight to the valley. The dishes they prepare range from tried and true, to creative and dynamic. We've been at function of 25 and function of 200 where they serve and each time they bring their A game! The BITE CLUB (Capitalized because I'm always excited about it!) is in a league of it's own. They announce a themed dinner - ranging from classic French, to Zambian, to a 15-Mile dinner (where everything was from within 15 miles of the city), to fire roasted everything, to a guilty pleasures dinner, or THE MASTER CHEF SERIES - where fellow master chef contestants come and cook alongside the team. These are roughly 10% of what's been held in the past 18 months and each dinner is held at a new location. These have ranged from wineries, to private homes, an art gallery, on the fairway of a golf course, barns, and museums. They've become incredible at pairing food with atmosphere and creating experiences. Sign up here - https://www.thefatpastor.us/biteclub If you haven't deduced that we love these guys, go back and read this again! We eat A LOT, and to date we're yet to have something from these guys that we don't like. If you have the chance to check these guys you, you absolutely must!